Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-25

/ that all persons who have fences sIreadv
| constructed in violation OF the pro
visions Of this act, shall have two
| months from the time this act takes effect
! within which 10 conform 10 the provision
{ hereof; provided further, II any person or
! persons shall build or maintain more than
/ three miles ljleaI measure running in the
same direction without providing such
/ gateway he shall be deemed guilty OF
misdemeanOT, and upon conviction shaI!
be fined in any sum not less than $500
nor more than $1,000, and esch
day that such fence remains with
ont such gateway shall constitute
and be punished as q separate Offunse;
provided further, 1tGG the coustruC-
ton OF gates as provided for in this
section shall apply Only to pasture lands:
provided further, when herds CT cSttle.
horses, sheep or goats are driven through
/ this state from one place TO another
place II thfs state, and It becomes neces
( sary for suCh stock to pass through auv
| enclosed pasture Of any person w1o hes
! leased any of the aforesaid lands, such
lessee OF such enclosure shall permit such
stock to pass through such pasture: pro
yided, the owner Cf such stock so driven
through any such enclosure snail move
little delay rs practicable through such
enclosure.
Sec. %. The Commissioner Of the Cen
eral Land Office, under the direction OF
the Governor, may withhold from lease
any agricultural lands necessary for pur-
poses OF settlement, or, in his discretion, /
he msy lease such agricultural lands IN
small quantities for q less period than |
five years, as the public interest and de- |
velopment of the country may seem to re- I
quire; and no agricultural lands shall be /
leased if, in the Judgment of the commits
sioner, they be in immediate Iamand for !
settlement, out such lands shall be held (
for settlement and sold to actual settlers .
only under the provisions Of this act, and .
all sections or fractions of sections in sll .
counties organized prior to January
l, 1875, except FL Paso, Pecos and 2 esi-
diO counties, which sections are detached
and Isolated from other public lands, may
be sold to any purchaser, except to u
corporation, al not less than 81 per scre,
upon such terms as the Commissioner OF
the General Land Office may prescribe.
Sec. %. The sum of $780, 900, or SO
much thereof SIS may be necessary, is
hereby appropriated cut CT tie several
funds belonging to the common schools,
asylums and university to pay the eX-
psnses Of executing this act, which sum
shall be appropriated between said tunGs
according TO their respective interests and
the work necessary to be done, and shall
be expended by the Commissioner of the
General Land Office, with the approval
and under the direction Of the Governor
Sec. "a. Leasehoids created under the
provisions of this act shall be exempt
from al tIXltiOn.
Sec. %. Nothing in this act shall be
construed to impair, interfere with or in
any manner affect any Lease or sale, or
i he rights growing out Of the same, made
under former laws, Of the lands herein
referred to; provided, that any person OF
persons who have heretofore leased lands
from this state at prices fixed by the Land
BO I'd, and whose leases are pot yet eX-
PRED, shsll nave their rental for the re-
msinder Of the uueXpired term reduced to
the prices chargsd under this bill for the
lease CT similar lands.
Sec. &c. All laws and parts Of laws in
conflict with this act are hereby repealed,
end the secretary OF the land board is
hereby authorized and directed, immedi-
arely upon the passage and approval of
this act, to deposit with the Commits
sioner Of the General Land Office all the
90 ks, papers and records belonging to
or pertaining to said land board, and such -.
books, papers and records shall hereafter
part of the records of the
General Land Office. Approved. =.